Jo Daviess County vs Perry County

A side-by-side comparison of Jo Daviess County and Perry County: population, income, housing, and more.

Jo Daviess County and Perry County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jo Daviess County has the higher population (21,918 vs 20,810 in Perry County). Jo Daviess County has the higher median household income ($74,954 vs $59,286 in Perry County). Jo Daviess County has the higher median home value ($193,900 vs $105,200 in Perry County).

Population, income & housing

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
Population	21,918	20,810
Median age	50.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,954	$59,286
Median home value	$193,900	$105,200
Median gross rent	$795	$714
Housing units	13,425	9,166
Homeownership rate	81.8%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
Population	21,588 → 21,918 (+1.5%)	21,251 → 20,810 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$57,946 → $74,954 (+29.4%)	$52,428 → $59,286 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$149,100 → $193,900 (+30.0%)	$86,500 → $105,200 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $795 (+18.8%)	$576 → $714 (+24.0%)

Jo Daviess County

Population

21,58821,918

Median household income

$57,946$74,954

Median home value

$149,100$193,900

Median gross rent

$669$795

Perry County

Population

21,25120,810

Median household income

$52,428$59,286

Median home value

$86,500$105,200

Median gross rent

$576$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.4%
75 and over	12.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
Drove alone	76.4%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	83.1%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Jo Daviess County	Perry County
Poverty rate	8.0%	16.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973